NAYA, ecotrust, City Club celebrate indigenous leadership, communities
The Native American Youth and Fam-
ily Center, in partnership with Ecotrust
and the City Club of Portland, present two
events on Nov. 14 to celebrate outstand-
ing indigenous leadership during Native
American Heritage Month in November.
City Club Forum
enrolled member of the Yakama Indian
Nation, natural resource director for
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Reservation.
Roy Sampsel, Wyandotte and Choc-
taw, director of the Institute for Tribal
Governance at Portland State University,
will moderate the panel.
Cultural Revitalization: A
Building Block to Prosperous
Communities
View the event on the NAYA website
– nayapdx.org.
Nov.14•11:30a.m.–1p.m.
Annual NAYA Gala
th
SentinelHotel•614SW11 Ave.,
Portland, Ore.
Prominent national indigenous lead-
ers will discuss during a panel session how
the use of traditional cultural practices is
intentionally creating more prosperous
communities in rural and urban areas.
Through cultural revitalization, a pro-
cess of affirming and promoting a com-
munity’s collective identity, American
Indian, Alaska Native and First Nations
people are successfully recreating their
traditional building blocks to greater
cultural and economic prosperity.
Speakers represent large urban
Native communities (including the 40,000
Native people in Portland), as well as
reservation-based communities in Oregon
and Washington.
The forum will feature indigenous
leaders from around the region, including
Nichole Maher, Tlingit, of the Northwest
Health Foundation; Janeen Comenote,
Hesquiaht, Kwakiutl First Nation, Oglala
Lakota and enrolled Quinault of the
National Urban Indian Family Coalition;
Roberta Cordero, Coastal Band of the
Chumash Nation, of the Chumash Mari-
time Association; and Eric Quaempts,
Celebrating 40 Years of Service
Nov.14•5:30-9p.m.
PortlandArtMuseum•1219SW
Park Ave., Portland, Ore.
Award will be announced at this year’s
NAYA Gala.
This partnership celebrates indig-
enous leaders across Salmon Nation doing
incredible work for the Native community.
Together, NAYA and Ecotrust are work-
Native American
Heritage Festival
Saturday, November 8
10am—4pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center
540 NE Hwy 101
Oregon’s largest celebration of Native
American Heritage Month includes an
intimate gathering of nearly 600 of our
community’s closest friends.
The gala is an opportunity to enjoy
American Indian cuisine, traditional
dance demonstrations, Native songs and
drumming, and beautiful indigenous art
up for bid in our live and silent auctions.
The gala is also a great place to meet
with American Indian community lead-
ers and our allies from across the region.
Representatives from Tribes, foundations,
businesses and non-profits come together
to celebrate our community’s growth and
continued success.
NAYA is proud to announce an excit-
ing new partner at this year’s celebration.
Since 2001, Ecotrust’s Indigenous Lead-
ership Award has honored 54 Tribal lead-
ers for demonstrating dedication to their
culture and improving the economic and
environmental conditions of their home-
lands and people. The 2014 recipients
of the Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership
ing to sustain NAYA’s efforts within our
region’s Native community and strengthen
the innovative work Ecotrust does across
our region on farms, forests, oceans and
fisheries, water and watersheds, climate
and energy, and the built environment.
10am-Noon: Make & Take Crafts
With Juanita Whitebear and Taft’s Native Student Association (by donation)
11am-12:30pm: Native Foods Cooking Demo
With Chinook Winds Executive Chef Jack Strong (includes samples!)
11am-1pm: Fry Bread Taco Sale
Alfred “Bud” Lane III
Executive Chef Jack Strong
1pm-2:30pm: “Siletz Tribe Culture & History”
Lecture/presentation by Vice Chairman of the Siletz Tribe’s Tribal Council,
Alfred “Bud” Lane III
2:30pm-4:00pm: Drumming/Dance
Books for sale by Bob’s Beach Books and arts/crafts vendors in the lobby all day long.
FREE EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Call 541-994-9994 for more info.
www.lincolncity-culturalcenter.org
earth and Spirit Council events
Honoring Our Ancestors with
Linda Neale
Nov.1,2014•3-7p.m.
TaborSpace – Muir Hall
5441SEBelmont•Portland,Ore.
deep gratitude, love and respect for one’s
ancestors. Rooted in the native traditions
of Central America, the belief is that cel-
ebrations to honor our ancestors and life’s
passage are times of necessary healing
and release for ourselves and our families.
Tickets: $50 (inquire for scholar-
ships); available at brownpapertickets.
com/event/879291
Event details available at earthand-
spirit.org/Events/linda-neale-honoring-
our-ancestors.
TaborSpace – Copeland
Commons•5441SEBelmont•
Portland, Ore.
“Every nationality and race must find
their own, trace their roots ... Ancestry
is important. If they reach back to their
ancestors, they would find out where they
came from.” – Hon Elder
Tickets: $15/$20/$25/$30 (inquire
for scholarships); available at brownpa-
pertickets.com/event/879300
Event details available at earthandspirit.
org/Events/ben-rhodd-speaking-event.
Join us for this cross-cultural cer-
emony and celebration of life led by
Linda Neale.
Honoring Our Ancestors is a family
workshop and ceremony to connect to the
continuance of life and family heritage.
Through offerings of altars, family foods
and festivities, we connect into ourselves.
Inspired by the Indo-Hispanic/Catho-
lic custom Day of the Dead, Honoring
Our Ancestors is a practice of coming into
Ben Rhodd is a Potawatomi Elder
who will join us from South Dakota to
share his wisdom and message.
Ben Rhodd Speaking event
Nov.7,2014•7p.m.
Taken from his family to attend
boarding school, Rhodd recalls making
decisions for the wind, the trees and the
sky while facing disciplinary action.
Honored by Nelson Mandela, Rhodd’s
path has taken him throughout the world
and various vocations, finally bringing
him to his calling, archaeology, where he
helped create and served on the board of
the World Archaeological Congress.
As Rhodd tells it, “I was born in
Texas, where my father was in the service
at Ft. Hood. After our family moved to
Germany, California, Kansas and other
bases, we finally settled in Oklahoma,
where I finished high school.
“Over the ensuing years and after
trying my hand at various jobs, I devel-
oped an interest in archaeology and have
worked for many Tribes, both in the
Southwest and the Plains.
“I hold a degree in anthropology with
an archaeological emphasis and a master’s
in resource environmental management
from Central Washington University in
Ellensburg, Washington. Additionally, I
sat on the Executive Board of the World
Archaeological Congress (WAC), an
international archaeological organization,
for 10 years from 1992 to 2002. Dur-
ing this tenure with WAC, I traveled the
world extensively working on a variety of
indigenous and non-indigenous culturally
related geo-political issues.
“I live in the Black Hills of South
Dakota and currently work for the Rose-
bud Sioux Tribe as a consultant and con-
tract archaeologist.”
Three Mirrors workshop with
Ben Rhodd
Nov.8,2014•2-5p.m.
TaborSpace - Room 05
5441SEBelmont•Portland,Ore.
Tickets: $50 (inquire for scholar-
ships); available at brownpapertickets.
com/event/879306
Event details available at earthand-
spirit.org/Events/ben-rhodd-three-mir-
rors-workshop.
What is your “job” in this world? To
be the most successful, admired, popular,
better than the “Jones” person on the
planet? Or perhaps the best human being
you can be to others?
What is your purpose in having been
born? To pursue the “perfect” form or “per-
fection” of your assets? Or perhaps to be the
best reflection you can be within creation?
Is this your “job” or your “duty?” And
if it is your duty ... to whom? Yourself? Your
parents? Your neighbors? Your co-workers?
Through this workshop, let us start
a journey together that will embrace the
“you” within yourself and encompass
the Three Mirrors of your mind, your
body and your spirit that we all possess
as divine human beings.
November 2014
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